Mind the Gaps Mathematics and computer science are like neighboring states of the European Union: Each is a sovereign territory with its own language and culture, but the borders between them are open, serving to connect rather than … 24. Aug 2015 | By Brian Hayes | 1 comment
Cheap transistors, expensive wires Turing Award winner Ivan Sutherland says that the economics of early computer hardware continues to influence our thinking even though new economics turns the old economics upside down. Vacuum tubes, he explains, were the logic … 24. Sep 2014 | By John D. Cook | 1 comment